mean anomaly

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• Anomaly

  ·noun Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type. II. Anomaly ·noun Deviat...

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• anomaly

  Deviation from common rule. An irregularity in the motion of a planet by which it deviates from the ...

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• Mean

  ·noun Meantime; meanwhile. II. Mean ·noun A mediator; a go-between. III. Mean ·vi To have a purpos...

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• mean

  for means. Many American writers, following the Scottish models, make use of mean instead of means. ...

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• mean

  As a general term implies the medium, but a mean of bad observations can never make a good one. ...

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• equated anomaly

  This is also called the true anomaly, and is the distance of the sun from the apogee, or a planet fr...

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• excentric anomaly

  An auxiliary angle employed to abridge the calculations connected with the motion of a planet or com...

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• true anomaly

  See anomaly. ...

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• Mean-spirited

  ·adj Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. ...

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• mean distance

  The average distance of a planet from the sun; it is equal to half the longer axis of the ellipse, a...

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• mean equinox

  The position of the equinox independent of the effects of nutation. ...

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• mean motion

  The rate at which a body moving in an elliptic orbit would proceed at an equal velocity throughout. ...

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• mean noon

  The noon of a mean day supposing the year to be divided into days of equal length. It differs from a...

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• mean obliquity

  The obliquity of the ecliptic, unaffected with nutation. ...

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• mean sun

  See time, mean. ...

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• mean time

  See time, mean. ...

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• time, mean

  , or mean solar time. That shown by a clock or watch when compensated for the unequal progress of ...

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• mean place of a star

  Its position at a given time, independent of aberration and nutation. ...

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